ei

en (first-person indicative singular)
et (indicative second-person singular)
älä (imperative second-person singular)
ei (indicative singular third-person)
älgäh (imperative singular third-person)
emmo (first-person indicative plural)
älgiämmö (first-person imperative plural)
etto (indicative plural second-person)
älgiä (imperative plural second-person)
ei (indicative plural third-person)
äldähes (imperative plural third-person)

From Proto-Finnic *ei. Cognates include Finnish ei and Estonian ei.


hypätä

From Proto-Finnic *hüp'äit'äk. Cognates include Finnish hypätä.


tulla

From Proto-Finnic *tuldak. Cognates include Finnish tulla and Estonian tulla.

Sit ei tuldu nimidä.

Mie tulin opastajakse.

Häi tulou minule vellekse.

(intransitive + translative) to be (related)

Minun roindupäivy tuli piätenčäkse.

Laukku tulou juustol.

Tulou voimistella.

(impersonal + 1st infinitive) to be needed; to be important


mennä

From Proto-Finnic *mendäk. Cognates include Finnish mennä and Estonian minna.

(intransitive, of foods) to become wasted


olla

From Proto-Finnic *oldak. Cognates include Finnish olla and Karelian olla.

Varoi on lindu.

Sie on perti.

Minul on kniigu.

(transitive, impersonal, subject in adessive) to have


leikata

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak. Cognates include Finnish leikata and Estonian lõigata.


avata

From Proto-Finnic *avait'ak. Cognates include Finnish avata and Estonian avada.


vallita

From Proto-Finnic *valit'ak, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waljaną. Cognates include Finnish valita and Estonian valida.

Valliče kartii.

Myö valličemmo prezidentua.


paista

From Proto-Finnic *pak'istak. Cognates include Finnish pakista and Veps pagišta.

Häi pagizou minunke.

Minä pagizen livvikse.


juvva

From Proto-Finnic *joodak. Cognates include Finnish juoda and Estonian juua.


tulou

third-person singular indicative present form of tulla


otimmo

first-person plural indicative past form of ottua


istuo

From Proto-Finnic *istudak. Cognates include Finnish istua and Estonian istuda.


jiähä

From Proto-Finnic *jäädäk. Cognates include Finnish jäädä and Estonian jääda.

(intransitive, + allative) to lag (behind)


kuččuo

From Proto-Finnic *kuccudak. Cognates include Finnish kutsua and Ludian kuccuda.

Kuibo sinuu kučutah?


ellendiä

Cognates include Veps el’geta and Ludian el’geta.


kirjuttua

From Proto-Finnic *kirjoittadak (“to embroider”). Cognates include Finnish kirjoittaa and Estonian kirjutada.


sanuo

From Proto-Finnic *sanoidak. Cognates include Finnish sanoa.


lugie

From Proto-Finnic *lukëdak. Cognates include Finnish lukea and Estonian lugeda.


kiändiä

From Proto-Finnic *käntädäk. Cognates include Finnish kääntää and Estonian käänata.

Minä kiännän kniigua liivekse.

(transitive, + translative) to translate


eliä

From Proto-Finnic *elädäk. Cognates include Finnish elää and Estonian elada.


tervehtie

From terveh (“hello”) + -htie. Akin to Finnish tervehtiä.


opastuo

Minä opastun nelländes kluasas.


opastua

From Proto-Finnic *opastadak. Cognates include Finnish opastaa and Karelian opaštua.


oppie

From Proto-Finnic *oppidak (“to learn”). Cognates include Finnish oppia and Estonian õppida.

(transitive) to try, taste, try on, touch

(intransitive) to cast a protective spell


piirdiä

From Proto-Finnic *piiri, from Proto-Uralic *pire, whence also piiri, see there for further etymology. Compare Finnish piirtää.


andua

From Proto-Finnic *antadak. Cognates include Finnish antaa and Estonian anda.


dogadie

Borrowed from Russian, possibly догадаться (dogadatʹsja, “guess”).


astuo

From Proto-Finnic *astudak. Cognates include Finnish astua and Estonian astuda.


gostie

Borrowed from Russian гостить (gostitʹ).


huogavuo

From Proto-Finnic *hoogat'ak. Cognates include Finnish huoata (“to sigh”) and Votic oogata.


itkie

From Proto-Finnic *itkedäk. Cognates include Finnish itkeä and Estonian itkeda.


kyzyö

From Proto-Finnic *küsüdäk. Cognates include Finnish kysyä and Estonian küsida.


pehmendiä

From pehmei (“soft”) + -ndiä. Akin to Finnish pehmentää.


syvvä

From Proto-Finnic *söödäk. Cognates include Finnish syödä and Estonian sööda.

Kala syöy čyötön.

Pinʹoi syi minun.


eččie

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish etsiä and Estonian otsida.


keittiä

From Proto-Finnic *keittädäk. Cognates include Finnish keittää and Estonian keeta.


lypsiä

From Proto-Finnic *lüpsädäk. Cognates include Finnish lypsää and Estonian lüpsta.


šiikkoa

(intransitive) to frequently use the š-sound in speech, especially referring to the speech of Viena Karelians